eh, considering the state of the country, can the majority of the citizens even read? (honest question)

I mean, it's a totalatarian dictatorship, sure, i understand that, but why are they so fucking bad at it?

saying things like "we consider ourselves to have been at war with America for decades!" and trying to launch missiles at them, or stuff like this propaganda.

do the leaders actually believe their own propaganda about being the most advanced country on earth or something? it seems to be the only explanation for their actions.

I mean, i can see the newest Kim Jung (ill? Un? something like that) doing that, because he's a kid brought up in his fathers regime, so it's all he's ever known (and he doesn't seem that smart to begin with) but surely some of his advisers must know, right?

frankly, I think the best response to NK's "we have been at war for years" speech would be "oh, thanks for letting us know *missiles to all of their HQ's simultaneously* and now the war is over"

well, they do have the fourth large standing army in the world, or something, and apparently have nuclear warheads (though it seems they haven't gotten the hang of missiles yet..) so it wouldn't be cut and dry.

perhaps if america wasn't already embroiled in wars all over the place, they might have struck back over that.